Silicon photonic transmitter and receiver for hybrid multiplexing systems
High-capacity on-chip optical transmitters and receivers are crucial for data transmissions. Currently, advanced multiplexing technologies, including wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), mode-division multiplexing (MDM), and polarization-division-multiplexing (PDM) have been developed to greatly...
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| author | Yingying Peng Hengzhen Cao Jin Xie Weike Zhao Yuluan Xiang Dajian Liu Zejie Yu Daoxin Dai |
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| description | High-capacity on-chip optical transmitters and receivers are crucial for data transmissions. Currently, advanced multiplexing technologies, including wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), mode-division multiplexing (MDM), and polarization-division-multiplexing (PDM) have been developed to greatly enhance the link capacity. In this paper, monolithically integrated silicon photonic transmitter and receiver with an ultra-high-capacity density of 37.0 Tbps/cm2 were proposed and demonstrated by introducing hybrid multiplexers and arrayed modulators/photodetectors. For the demonstrated transmitter/receiver chips, there are five wavelength channels and four mode channels with dual polarizations involved, while all these channels have low excess losses of 1 to 2 dB and low crosstalk less than −15 dB. Finally, all 20 channels are able to work with 50 Gbps on–off keying (OOK) signals per channel, achieving a total capacity of 1T-bps within an ultra-compact chip size of 0.032 cm2 for transmitters and 0.022 cm2 for receivers. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6ed942ee7aeb4366a40ba4e5c8a43e692025-08-20T02:55:31ZengElsevierChip2709-47232025-12-014410014810.1016/j.chip.2025.100148Silicon photonic transmitter and receiver for hybrid multiplexing systemsYingying Peng0Hengzhen Cao1Jin Xie2Weike Zhao3Yuluan Xiang4Dajian Liu5Zejie Yu6Daoxin Dai7State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Center for Optical & Electromagnetic Research, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Pho-tonics, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Center for Optical & Electromagnetic Research, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Pho-tonics, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Center for Optical & Electromagnetic Research, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Pho-tonics, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Center for Optical & Electromagnetic Research, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Pho-tonics, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Center for Optical & Electromagnetic Research, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Pho-tonics, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Center for Optical & Electromagnetic Research, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Pho-tonics, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Center for Optical & Electromagnetic Research, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Pho-tonics, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaCorresponding author.; State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Center for Optical & Electromagnetic Research, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Pho-tonics, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, ChinaHigh-capacity on-chip optical transmitters and receivers are crucial for data transmissions. Currently, advanced multiplexing technologies, including wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), mode-division multiplexing (MDM), and polarization-division-multiplexing (PDM) have been developed to greatly enhance the link capacity. In this paper, monolithically integrated silicon photonic transmitter and receiver with an ultra-high-capacity density of 37.0 Tbps/cm2 were proposed and demonstrated by introducing hybrid multiplexers and arrayed modulators/photodetectors. For the demonstrated transmitter/receiver chips, there are five wavelength channels and four mode channels with dual polarizations involved, while all these channels have low excess losses of 1 to 2 dB and low crosstalk less than −15 dB. Finally, all 20 channels are able to work with 50 Gbps on–off keying (OOK) signals per channel, achieving a total capacity of 1T-bps within an ultra-compact chip size of 0.032 cm2 for transmitters and 0.022 cm2 for receivers.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S270947232500022XSilicon photonicsHybrid multiplexingModulatorPhotodetector |
| spellingShingle | Yingying Peng Hengzhen Cao Jin Xie Weike Zhao Yuluan Xiang Dajian Liu Zejie Yu Daoxin Dai Silicon photonic transmitter and receiver for hybrid multiplexing systems Chip Silicon photonics Hybrid multiplexing Modulator Photodetector |
| title | Silicon photonic transmitter and receiver for hybrid multiplexing systems |
| title_full | Silicon photonic transmitter and receiver for hybrid multiplexing systems |
| title_fullStr | Silicon photonic transmitter and receiver for hybrid multiplexing systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Silicon photonic transmitter and receiver for hybrid multiplexing systems |
| title_short | Silicon photonic transmitter and receiver for hybrid multiplexing systems |
| title_sort | silicon photonic transmitter and receiver for hybrid multiplexing systems |
| topic | Silicon photonics Hybrid multiplexing Modulator Photodetector |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S270947232500022X |
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